As He Did With Texas Congress Case, Justice Alito Stays TX House Redistricting Pending Full SCOTUS Review of Stay
Order (via Texas Tribune).
As with the congressional stay order, don’t read too much into this temporary stay.
Category Archives: redistricting
“North Carolina redistricting maps OK’d, head to judges next”
AP:
North Carolina legislators finished redrawing House and Senate district maps Wednesday, beating a court-ordered deadline later this week. Now Republicans who drew them must see whether federal judges agree they’ve cured problems with racial bias in the previous maps.… Continue reading
Gerken, Katz, King, Sabato and Wang Amicus Brief in WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case Pushes Symmetry Standard
“Judges: NC lawsuit over partisan gerrymander will proceed”
WRAL:
A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s congressional districts will move forward, a panel of federal judges decided Tuesday, instead of being put on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court tackles issues relevant to the case.
Common Cause v.… Continue reading
“Republican NC senator, facing a new district, says he’s not running in 2018”
“The New Front in the Gerrymandering Wars: Democracy vs. Math”
Emily Bazelon for NYT Magazine:
The Republicans tried hard to keep the mapmaking process a secret. But they weren’t successful. In the first of two lawsuits brought by Democratic voters, three federal judges berated Republican leaders in 2012 for ‘‘flailing… Continue reading
Read the Brief for Appellees in WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case
With Paul Smith as counsel of record.
Justice Alito Stays Order to Redo Texas Congressional Districts Pending Further Briefing at Supreme Court
This short stay (briefing done right after Labor Day) preserves the status quo until the full Court can consider the questions presented after further briefing.
I would not read too much into this order at this point, other than that… Continue reading
“After losses on voting laws and districting, Texas turns to Supreme Court”
Bob Barnes column for WaPo:
The state of Texas is in the midst of an extraordinary losing streak in federal courts over the way it conducts elections. It is hoping the Supreme Court will come to the rescue.
In the… Continue reading
“The Equal Districts Efficiency Gap: Fundamental Gerrymandering Theory And An Analysis and Modification of the Efficiency Gap”
Ray Wallin has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Recently the ‘efficiency gap’ method has gained notoriety by playing an important role in framing the Gill v Whitford gerrymandering case decided in Wisconsin and soon to be… Continue reading
Judge Niemeyer and intent in gerrymandering
A few days ago, Rick highlighted Judge Niemeyer’s dissent in the latest order in the Maryland partisan gerrymandering case. There are, as both Judge Niemeyer and the majority pointed out, some differences between the Maryland case and the Gill v. … Continue reading
“Quantifying Partisan Gerrymandering: An Evaluation of the Efficiency Gap Proposal”
Benjamin Cover has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Stanford Law Review). Here is the abstract:
For three decades, the Court has failed to settle on a legal test for partisan gerrymandering, and such claims have uniformly failed – until… Continue reading
“Judge Niemeyer’s dissent is the real headline in Maryland political gerrymandering case”
Steve Klepper:
Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland stayed proceedings in Maryland’s political gerrymandering case, Benisek v. Lamone, pending the Supreme Court’s decision in the Wisconsin political gerrymandering case, Gill … Continue reading
“Texas House map must be redrawn, federal court says”
Texas Tribune:
Parts of the Texas House map must be redrawn ahead of the 2018 elections because lawmakers intentionally discriminated against minorities in crafting several legislative districts, federal judges ruled on Thursday.
A three-judge panel in San Antonio unanimously ruled… Continue reading